Deposit ID | 10001697 |
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MRDS ID | A012478 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Banner Creek |
Related records | 10135915 |
Geographic coordinates: | -146.34895, 64.31579 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | Banner Creek drains southward into the Tanana River. The approximate center of mining activity on Banner Creek is in SW1/4SW1/4 section 10, T. 7 S., R. 7 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian, approximately 2 miles north of the town of Richardson on the Richardson Highway. The creek is approximately 6 miles long and has several tributaries with associated placers. These include Buckeye Creek (BD005), Democrat Pup Creek (BD013), and Susie Creek (not identified on existing maps). Placer workings are found from just above the confluence of Democrat Pup Creek to the Tanana River (Olson and others, 1985). Numerous unimproved roads provide access to the Banner Creek drainage. It is locality 13 of Cobb and Eberlein (1980), who summarized relevant references under the name 'Banner Creek'. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Silver | Secondary |
Copper | Secondary |
Lead | Secondary |
REE | Secondary |
Antimony | Secondary |
Tin | Secondary |
Tungsten | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Arsenopyrite | Ore |
Cassiterite | Ore |
Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Galena | Ore |
Gold | Ore |
Monazite | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Scheelite | Ore |
Stibnite | Ore |
Model code | 119 |
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USGS model code | 39a |
BC deposit profile | C01. C02 |
Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
Mark3 model number | 54 |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel |
(1) | -146.34895, 64.31579 |
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Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Fairbanks |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012478 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | BD001 |
Ellsworth, C.E., and Parker, G.L., 1911, Placer mining in the Yukon-Tanana region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 480, 325 p.
Prindle, L.M., and Katz, F.J., 1913, Detailed description of the Fairbanks district, in Prindle, L. M., A geologic reconnaissance of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 525, p. 59-152.
Saunders, R.H., 1965, A geochemical investigation in the Richardson area, Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geochemical Report 3, 11 p.
Bundtzen, T.K., and Reger, R.D., 1977, The Richardson lineament-a structural control for gold deposits in the Richardson mining district, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geologic Report 55, 46 p.
Eberlein, G.D., Chapman, R.M., Foster, H.L., and Gassaway, J.S., 1977, Map and table describing known metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits in central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-168-D, 132 p., 1 map, scale 1:1,000,000.
Weber, F.R., Foster, H.L., Keith, T.E.C., Dusel-Bacon, C., 1978, Preliminary geologic map of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-529A, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Menzie, W.D., and Foster, H.L., 1979, Metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral resource potential in the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-529D, 61 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., and Eberlein, G.D., 1980, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Big Delta and Tanacross quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1086, 77 p.
Metz, P.A., and Hawkins, D.B., 1981, A summary of gold fineness values from Alaska placer deposits: University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report No. 45, 63 p.
Swainbank, R.C., Burton, J.P., and Metz, P.A., 1984, Bedrock geology of the Richardson mining district, Alaska: University of Alaska, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Open-File Report 84-2, 60 p., 8 maps, scale 1:40,000.
Olson, B.G., Burton, J., Wolff, E.N., and Swainbank, R.D., 1985, Mining and minerals in the golden heart of Alaska: Fairbanks North Star Borough Publication, 80 p.
Glover, A.E., 1950, Placer gold fineness: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 195-1, 38 p.
Chapin, Theodore, 1914, Placer mining in the Yukon-Tanana region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592-J, p. 357-362.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a) |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 26-APR-1999 | Cameron S. Rombach | Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys |